You hear it all the time on YouTube: “In the fall, bass fishing CHANGES”… but let’s be honest. For ponds, does it REALLY? In this video I go over the situation known as the fall transition and how it applies (or doesn’t) to pond bass fishing! SUBSCRIBE if you like this content and drop a comment below if you learned something! Check out my last pond video here: https://youtu.be/AtKnLKv7rZc
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Time Stamps:
0:00 – Intro
1:18 – Everyone Else
2:35 – Summer Lures
3:11 – What Does It Mean??
4:00 – What Fall Does?
6:05 – Ponds Vs. Lakes
7:18 – 1 Real Fall Change
8:17 – Biggest Fall Tip
10:29 – Fish Catches
I'm going to sum it up, real simple bass is a bass..even in ponds..weather does effect them, vegetation and forage base is very important to the quality of fish you will catch, and bass in ponds may react differently than lake bass..But the real secret is presentation..
Dude I only fish farm ponds and I have many ponds to fish with saying that you are my favorite because you break it down for the pond guys!!¡!!!🎉 Let's go
Hey Tyler! Stumbled upon this older video of yours and it's a gem for us pond enthusiasts. As the season transitions (and ironically, cools down) from Nov-Jan in South Florida, I'd love to have you come and explore our ponds. The variety here is incredible. Some are as you've described—shallow with fish lingering by reeds. But the 2-acre pond I live by is an interesting mix. It starts with a 4-5 foot drop directly along the bank, then deepens to a short ledge that is 10-12 feet deep, and then slops to 25 feet in the middle which is the average depth for my pond. There are two deep pits that I discovered using my fish finder that are at 45 and 53 feet respectfully.
Throughout the year, fish often gather along the 12-15 foot ledges. I frequently spot suspended schools, but they're tricky to catch unless they're feeding. Our water temperatures vary from 70s in winter to 90s in summer. But the sweet spot for bass? Upper 70s to low 80s. Outside of this range, they're less active. Our Florida seasons are unique: pre-spawn, spawn, and summer. As the waters cool around late October-November, the fish prepare for spawning and are in a pre-spawn feeding mood. December sees a mix of pre-spawn and spawning bass, January to April has all three phases (including post spawn), and May to October is mainly the summer phase. I think you'd find it fascinating! 😉
You talked so much on the first half of this video that I kept fast forwarding until you were actually fishing and I have no idea what you fished with.
A large percentage of us that are subscribed to these fishing channels don't get a chance to get out on a big body of water. So I really do appreciate all of the pond knowledge that you drop because I can actually learn something to help me be a better angler whenever I do get the opportunity to drive only 45 minutes to hit up Lake Guntersville in a boat one day
That makes a lot of sense. I’m in Columbus Ohio and cought my personal best last year, the day after thanksgiving. It was a five and a half large mouth on a chatter bait. In a pond.
Most cover I see at our local pond has cat tails on the edges an some trees and the slop that's on the bottom so I'm using a weightless wacky rig or too water lures.
This should be very interesting
I hate the neighborhood ponds in DFW that are lined with stone that provide no cover or features. I wish they would leave them natural and allow natural cover to form.
Nailed it. Glad you made a video about small ponds and lakes in the fall
Great video
It would be nice to see this kind of content for other times of the year as well.
What I learned about watching this video is so it all backwards I usually start with my confidence bait (Texas rig) and then when I’m ready to go I switch to something faster but I notice that you circle the whole pond so try something fast to locate them then you make a mental note of places to slow down with a soft plastic also I’ve come to realize that reaction bites like those faster baits typically catch your largest and most alpha fish first then slowing down will catch numbers but usually not size
Commenting a bit late, but I live on a small lake / large pond where I feel like I probably fall somewhere between what you mentioned here and what a lot of other guys are saying. Hoping for some advice that may lay somewhere in that space between.
I've always struggled fishing during that fall transition. Usually a pond fisherman. This info is always nice to review
Is there a time of year, or day, when bass are more likely to be found in the middle of ponds, or does it make sense to cast only along the shore?
Tyler, loved how you break this down. I have two small ponds near my home. One is a bowl about 8 feet deep in the center very little vegetation and it has 3 fountain aerators. Around the whole pond, they put small boulders. It was stocked with LM bass bluegill and minnows. It had carp but when they re-did the pond about 2 years ago, they removed all the carp. It has a spillway that runs into a stream. At the other end, the pond is feed by the same stream. I have done well fishing a Jika Rig and small finesse jigs with small Z-Man plastics around the rocks. Never got anything casting out to the center. Second pond has a similar setup a bit bigger and deeper. However, has lily pads. I would thing I should be getting better fish out deep. Any tips to find them?
Pond fishin is about all I'm doin this year,thanks man
Hi Tyler; I live in Dallas also.Do you mind giving me some of the better ponds that you have fished?
During the summer, I've had success catching bass at my local pond here in central Arkansas using plastics on a variety of rigs. After a recent freeze, however, bass don't seem to be biting. My usual plastics no longer work. But after that freeze, I did land a 3 pound largemouth & a 3.6 pound largemouth bass using lipless, "noisy" crankbaits at the pond. Very happy with this, but that was it; no other action.
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I’m gonna try you technics I’m switching from saltwater to freshwater I really want to get my first top water strike.I’m bank fishing for now until I get my boat fixed.thanks for the tip lil bra 💯💯💯👍👍
Tyler, where is this pond? Where in Frisco?
Thanks for another great outside perspective on something not enough focus on but I got a question while we're on the subject of ponds I fish a fairly large almost lake like pond year round and so my question is on this large pond it has a overabundance of cheese mats like every inch of the bank is covered with about 6-10 ft out of basically just matted mossy cheese what's the best strategy in the fall to get them to bite because they've definitely shifted apatite and being as you got to get out past 10 ft to start with there's not a whole lot of options to fish with how would you go about it to entice the bite I'd love a video on something like this until then thanks for what you do
Good information Tyler! 👍🏻